Daichūshingura is a television dramatization of the events of the Forty-seven Ronin. The first episode aired on January 5, 1971, and the 52nd and final episode appeared on December 28 of the same year. The NET network broadcast it in the Tuesday evening 9:00–9:56 prime-time slot in Japan. The series featured an all-star cast. The central actor was Toshiro Mifune, who portrayed Ōishi Kuranosuke; Yoko Tsukasa his wife; and kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō VII their son Chikara.

The drama tells the story of the Sanada family. Originally serving the Takeda Clan they ruled the no...

Tells the story of the women surrounding Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the fifth shogun.

At the end of Edo period, Shoji Rui hands over her birthright to her relatives with the death of her...

Kōchiyama Sōshun serves as a cha-bōzu (He is kind of tea man) in the administrative headquarters of ...

Mini-drama with a historical character having a smartphone.

After the Onin War, the world is plunged into chaos. Amid this situation, heroes of the warring stat...

In an alternative feudal Japan, a strange disease that only affects males caused a massive populatio...

There was a very turbulent time in the warring period in the history, and Takeda Shingen is consider...

July 1590, Odawara. Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army had surrounded the Odawara Castle for over 3 months, h...

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency...

He lost his land, his father, and was torn from his mother. Lonely and wounded, young Takechiyo thou...

During the Tenpo period, the three samurai under the command of the Nanba magistrate were responsibl...

The main character, Hanbei Hinata, who plays Mizutani, is a direct hatamoto guardian who guards Edo ...

Osome is an ex-actress who lost her parents in a fire when she was 6-years old. She then is separate...

Heiji is an undercover policeman in the city of Edo. He possesses a superior skill of throwing coins...

Princess Go was the youngest of the most famous three sisters in Japanese history, who each led a re...

Based on Kazuo Koike's extensive manga (over 110 volumes), this Edo-period drama follows an unlikely...

In Edo, a determined young swordsman, Chiba Shūsaku, joins a dojo to pursue his dream. He forges str...

Sozaburo Kanasugi is a samurai in the Kyushu countryside. After accepting a secret mission from his ...